Everyone Is On The Same Page In Old Lyme

Summer 2013 marks the first ever Old Lyme Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library  sponsored One Town, One Book reading event and it kicks off today. So what is everyone reading? 

The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver is the first book. It was selected for its timely issues of respect for the environment, adoption, and the plight of illegal immigrants. 

Each program will be facilitated by Marsha Bansavage and accompanied by experts who will give presentations on issues relating to the book. All three programs will focus on the novel’s most prominent themes while drawing on the protagonist’s growing awareness of how all people are interrelated. 

"Our goals are to bring full-time and seasonal residents together, offer a multigenerational discussion of current topics, promote reading and foster greater understanding," the library states in a press release. 

The One Town, One Book Series begins this evening with "The Face of Adoption," with Lynn Gabbard, MS, at the Library at 6:30 p.m.

Nancy Harrington, Esq., picks up the theme with "Immigration Stories" next Tuesday, July 17, at the Shoreline Community Center at Soundview Beach at 6:30 p.m.

The final lecture is "Native American Myths on Nature and Stewardship of the Land," presented by Michael Caduto at Old Lyme Town Hall on Tuesday, July 23 at 6:30 p.m.  

A $2,500 grant from the Connecticut Center for the Book at Connecticut Humanities has enabled the Old Lyme Library to partner with the Town of Old Lyme, The Friends of the Library, the Old Lyme Historical Society, Federation of Beaches and the Lyme-Old Lyme School District for this project.

For more information, go to the library's web site.